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A Celebration of Reason: 2012 Global Atheist Convention; Melbourne, Australia; 13-15 April.....As an internationally recognised event, the 2012 Global Atheist Convention promises to generate a ground-swell of enthusiastic support for rational thoughts and ideals. On this occasion, thousands of free thinking individuals will descend upon Melbourne from all over Australia and the world. This will provide an excellent opportunity for local atheist, humanist and secular organisations to host their own gatherings to help build community and provide a rallying point for like-minded individuals.Suggested events include debates, community forums, workshops, panel discussions, social events and artistic performances to be held before or after the Convention.

Aussie atheism? Who woulda thunk it?

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If you will, you can become all flame.Extra caritatem nulla salus.In order to become whole, take the "I" out of "holiness". सर्वभूतहितἌνω σχῶμεν τὰς καρδίας"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is." -- Mohandas GandhiY dduw bo'r diolch.

A Celebration of Reason: 2012 Global Atheist Convention; Melbourne, Australia; 13-15 April.....As an internationally recognised event, the 2012 Global Atheist Convention promises to generate a ground-swell of enthusiastic support for rational thoughts and ideals. On this occasion, thousands of free thinking individuals will descend upon Melbourne from all over Australia and the world. This will provide an excellent opportunity for local atheist, humanist and secular organisations to host their own gatherings to help build community and provide a rallying point for like-minded individuals.Suggested events include debates, community forums, workshops, panel discussions, social events and artistic performances to be held before or after the Convention.

Provided the fact that Atheism is usually defined as non-belief they sure make a whole a lot of fuss over their non-belief.

It's almost like billions disagree with them, and even hold it against them, and they want to encourage each other, discuss paths for moving forward, etc.

Those who disagree with Atheists usually admit out lout that they most certainly believe in something. Sound more reasonable to me to make a fuss over something that one believes in rather than to make a fuss over something that one doesn't believe in.

Provided the fact that Atheism is usually defined as non-belief they sure make a whole a lot of fuss over their non-belief.

It's almost like billions disagree with them, and even hold it against them, and they want to encourage each other, discuss paths for moving forward, etc.

Those who disagree with Atheists usually admit out lout that they most certainly believe in something. Sound more reasonable to me to make a fuss over something that one believes in rather than to make a fuss over something that one doesn't believe in.

If you didn't believe in UFOs, but the majority of people on earth did, and you were denied employment and such because you didn't believe, and you were derided by family members, and forced to put up with constant condescending comments about how you just aren't intelligent enough to see the truth, and oodles of money were being spent on belief in UFOs unnecessarily, and people who believed in UFOs were holding back real research in science, and... well anyway, if you were in such a position as a non-believer it might not seem strange to organize with other non-believers and see what you could do about the perceived problem.

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"Christian America is finally waking up to what fraternities and biker gangs have known for years: hazing works!"

If you didn't believe in UFOs, but the majority of people on earth did, and you were denied employment and such because you didn't believe, and you were derided by family members, and forced to put up with constant condescending comments about how you just aren't intelligent enough to see the truth, and oodles of money were being spent on belief in UFOs unnecessarily, and people who believed in UFOs were holding back real research in science, and... well anyway, if you were in such a position as a non-believer it might not seem strange to organize with other non-believers and see what you could do about the perceived problem.

So this convention is all about how to spread tolerance to Atheists and to Science and not about how dangerous religion is and how right Atheists are?